Indiana 2, Louisville 0

Indiana got outstanding pitching and enough clutch hitting to defeat Louisville 2-0 on Saturday in the nightcap of the first day of the College World Series in Omaha, Neb.

It was just the second time all season that Louisville was shut out. The other time was in the first game of the season, also a 2-0 loss to Indiana.

Joey DeNato (10-2) scattered four hits in a complete-game shutout for Indiana (49-14). He walked three and struck out eight.

Chad Green (10-4) took the loss for Louisville (51-13). He gave up two runs and three hits in two-plus innings but walked four batters.

Catcher Kyle Schwarber had Indiana's first-ever CWS hit and scored the first run in the first inning.

Schwarber's single put runners on first and second with no outs. A base-running error resulted in Will Nolden getting picked off second. After Sam Travis struck out, Scott Donley's shot up the middle gave the Hoosiers the early lead.

The Hoosiers loaded the bases with no outs in the third and scored their second run. After Cardinals pitcher Cody Ege relieved Green, he got Donley to pop out to third. Michael Basil then singled to left, scoring Nolden, but Schwarber was thrown out at the plate by left fielder Coco Johnson.

Louisville's best chance to score came in the bottom of the third, but Sutton Whiting was thrown out at the plate easily by Nolden while trying to score from second on a single to right by Cole Sturgeon.

Indiana loaded the bases again with one out in the seventh on two walks and an infield hit. But Louisville brought in Dace Kime, who induced Basil to ground into a double play.

Louisville plays Oregon State in an elimination game on Monday afternoon. Indiana faces Mississippi State on Monday night.

NOTES: Indiana is making its first trip to the College World Series. The Hoosiers' appearance is the first for a team from the Big Ten since Michigan in 1984. ... Louisville is in the CWS for the second time in school history. The Cardinals' first trip came in 2007.